Mineral Evolution Database

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Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

The Mineral Evolution database is currently under development.

The goal of this page is to present localities at which the mineral is found, and estimates of the oldest possible geologic age of the minerals at these localities.

Locality Name:
Mount Kenya, Meru County, Kenya

mindat Locality ID: 224165
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-224165.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Mount Kenya, Meru County, Kenya": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 0°-10'0"N
Longitude: 37°17'59"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -0.16666666666667,37.299722222222

A	This mineral is Anthropogenic.
G	This mineral is directly dated.
B	This mineral is reported as having this age.
Y	This mineral is using an age reported as an element mineralization period.
O	This mineral is using an age calculated from all data at the locality.
R	The age displayed for this mineral originates from a different, non-child locality.
P	The age displayed for this mineral is the range of ages for this mineral at all of this locality's children.
	This mineral's age has not yet been recorded.

Analcime	Calcite	Cancrinite-sodalite	Feldspar	Natrolite	None	Olivine	Pyroxene	Sapphirine	Sodalite
Spinel	Thomsonite	Tridymite

Aegirine ()*	Aegirine-augite ()*	Aenigmatite ()*	Albite ()*	Analcime ()*
Augite ()*	Calcite ()*	Fayalite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Nepheline ()*
Sanidine ()*	Scolecite ()*	Sodalite ()*	Thomsonite-Ca ()*

This Mineral list contains entries from this locality, including sub-localities. Minerals in bold are reported by mindat.org as occurring directly at this locality, and do not occur at any children (sublocalities) of this locality.

Elements at this locality, including sub-localities: Al C Ca Cl Fe H K Mg Na O Si Ti

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al C Ca Cl Fe H K Mg Na O Si Ti

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Analcime Calcite Cancrinite-sodalite Feldspar Natrolite None Olivine Pyroxene Sapphirine Sodalite
Spinel Thomsonite Tridymite

14 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of localities containing mineral
Aegirine ()*	Pyroxene	NaFe³⁺Si₂O₆	1022
Aegirine-augite ()*	Pyroxene	(Ca,Na)(Fe³⁺,Mg,Fe²⁺)Si₂O₆	286
Aenigmatite ()*	Sapphirine	Na₄[Fe²⁺₁₀Ti₂]O₄[Si₁₂O₃₆]	133
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	8803
Analcime ()*	Analcime	Na(AlSi₂O₆)·H₂O	1627
Augite ()*	Pyroxene	(Ca,Mg,Fe)₂Si₂O₆	2060
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	27770
Fayalite ()*	Olivine	Fe²⁺₂(SiO₄)	371
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	14899
Nepheline ()*	Tridymite	Na₃K(Al₄Si₄O₁₆)	884
Sanidine ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	598
Scolecite ()*	Natrolite	Ca(Si₃Al₂)O₁₀·3H₂O	390
Sodalite ()*	Cancrinite-sodalite Sodalite	Na₄(Si₃Al₃)O₁₂Cl	444
Thomsonite-Ca ()*	Thomsonite	NaCa₂(Al₅Si₅)O₂₀·6H₂O	452

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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